The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81575   Message #2287939
Posted By: Mrrzy
13-Mar-08 - 10:11 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Man Piaba (Harry Belafonte)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Man Piaba (Harry Belafonte)
Wow, I have an answer! Lessee what I can remember without looking anything up...

When I was a lad just tree foot tree
Certain question occurred to me
So I asked my father quite seriously
Tell me the story bout the bird and bee
He stammered and he stuttered pathetically
And this is what he said to me:

Woman piaba and de man piaba
And de tam tam call but de lemon grass
De lilly root, golly root, belly root (unh!)
And de famous randy scratch scratch

It was clear as mud but it covered de ground
And confusion made de brain go round
Went and asked a good friend of mine
Known to the world as Albert Einstein
he said, Son
From the beginning of time of creativity
There existed the force of relativity
Pi R squared and minus ten
is rooted only when
Hey, de solar system is de one light year
When the Haydn pnanetarium disappear
But if mount Everest doesn't move
I am positive that it will prove
That the woman piaba...

It was clear as mud but it covered de ground
And confusion made de brain go round
Grabbed a boat and I went abroad
(something something) as Sigmund Freud
He said, son
From your sad face remove de grouch
Put de body upon de couch
I can see from your frustration
A neurotic (-erotic works here too!-) sublimation
Hey, love and hate is psychosomatic
And your Rorschach shows that you're a peritatatic
Don't start it with a broken sibling
In the words of the famous Rudyard Kipling

Woman piaba...

Well I traveled far and I traveled wide
And I don't even have myself a bride
All the great men upon this search
That confused me since my birth
I've been over land and been over sea
Trying to find the answer bout the bird and bee
But now that I am 93
I don't give a damn, you see
If the woman piaba...